A Good Read

Robert Harris discusses his new novel and reflects on 30 years of writing fiction.

Deborah Levy on her bestselling new novel, The Man Who Saw Everything.

A special edition of Open Book from the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Benjamin Myers on his latest The Offing, and Proust's In Search of Lost Time discussed.

Colm Tóibín reflects on the fathers of Irish greats and US bestseller Mary Beth Keane

David Nicholls on his new novel Sweet Sorrow and a reader's guide to Elizabeth Hardwick

Crime writer Mark Billingham and fashion designer Pam Hogg join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Katherine Dunn, Dashiell Hammett and Lucy Mangan.

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Bookworm by Lucy Mangan

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2019.

Award-winning poet Ocean Vuong discusses his debut novel On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

Author and podcaster Dolly Alderton and and crime writer Clare Mackintosh join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite books by Martin Amis, Emma Henderson and Cressida Connolly.

The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis

Grace Williams Says It Loud by Emma Henderson

After the Party by Cressida Connolly

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2019.

On the centenary of her birth Open Book celebrates the novels of Iris Murdoch